The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 27, 1911, Page 3, Image 3
TWO INJURED WITH AXES.
f Pair of Negroes Probably Fatally
Hurt in Drunken Row.
Chester, April 20.?What came
near being a tripple tragedy as the
limax of a gambling, drunken carousal
among a crowd of negroes has
just been reported from Great Falls.
Two of the victims are lying at the
point of death and are not expected
to recover. Another is suffering
from a wound on the leg but will
possibly get well. Two are in jail
eharged with the affray and are bey
ing held, pending the outcome of the
fight their victims are making for
life.
The report states that a bunch of
negroes had gathered in a negro
boarding house to play poker and
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mat in tne game uuc ui iuc piajwo,
John Calhoun, lost all his money and
was cleaned out. He flew into an
ungovernable rage and left with
threats that he would have his money
hack. Shortly he returned, accompanied
by another negro, Tom Signer,
both armed with axes, and proceeded
to put his threats into execution.
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He and his partner charged the others
in the house and laid them out
indiscriminately. Hattie Nelson's
skull was broken. Tom Scofield reeeived
two blows on the head with
k an axe. Bessie Harris caught a
^ blow from the edge of the axe, which
floored her, and by this time the
other hangers-on had disappeared in
all directions.
The matter was immediately reported
to the constable, who made a
raid and arrested John Calhoun and
I Tom Signer. Bessie Harris claimed
that she had been robbed of $9 in
r 50-cent pieces, and these were found
Ion the person of John Calhoun.
The two negroes charged with the
affray were brought handcuffed to
the city and lodged in jail by Constable
A. D. Sanders, who made the
arrest, and Magistrate J. R. P. Gibson,
of Rossville township. Warrants
E charging them with assault and bat*
tery with intent to kill have been
sworn out, but these will-be changed
to murder should the victims die. It
Is not thought that two of them can
facover.
State Will Borrow $500,000.
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The State of South Carolin will
borrow $500,000 through the Palmetto
National bank of Columbia for
winning expenses for this year. The
rate of interest is 3 per cent., which
Is considered very low. This an
mouncement was made yesterady roilowing
a session of the finance com(!
mittee of the State, which is composed
of A. W. Jones, comptroller
general, R. H. Jennings, State treas*rer,
and the governor. The general
assembly authorized the committee
to borrow the above amount.
There were several propositions
before the committee. The Germania
Savings bank of Charleston, offered
$200,000 at 4% per cent. The
First National bank of Rock Hill
made an offer of a little less than |
f:- 3% per cent.
The loan will be paid back durTon?o?TT
whfiTi fho tsT mnnpv is
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received by the State treasurer. It
is probable that the loan will be repaid
in installments of $100,000. The
loan last year was placed at above 4
per cent. The loan was handled by
Chief Clerk Carter of the office of the
State treasurer.?The State, April 20
A Novel Experiment.
Governor Johnson, of California,
has signed a bill providing that if a
husband is sent to jail for non-support
of his wife and family he shall
be required to work on the public
roads, for which labor the county
shall pay his wife Or family the sum
of $1.50 the day.
That is not a bad idea and we expect
it to be a big success in California.
Non-providers will cease to be
non-providers when the county not
only adjudges them guilty of nonsupport
but also sees to it that they
do support. Under the old system of
providing the delinquent provider
with plenty to eat a? the county's expense,
his family getting along as
best it could in the meantime, the
man in question did not care very
!mucn wnat nappenea. in uanrorma
it will be different hereafter. We
expect that all husbands in the Pacific
State will hereafter turn over
their weekly pay envelopes to their
Wives as they ought to do, instead of
pending their wages at the nearest
beer hall.
Postmaster Shoots Himself.
Huntsville, Ala., April 19.?John
S. Hunt, agent of the Southern
Railway and postmaster at Brownsboro,
Ala., shot himself to-day and
f' % is dying. A postoffice inspector went
to Brownsville to check him up.
Hunt turned the office over to him,
walked home and out to the barn,
then climbed into the loft and shot
himself in the breast, the bullet
atriking the heart.
Railroad officials and the postoffice
inspector are checking up Hunt's
accounts. Hunt has a wife and
m aon.
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SEEKING WHITE MAN.
Is Accused of Attempting to Assault
Little Negro Girl.
Spartanburg, April 19.?Charged
with having attacked an 8-year-old
negro girl with intent to commit a
capital felony, Sam Davis, a white
man, is being sought by the police.
It is alleged he enticed the girl into a
house in the rear of Cannon street
and back of her home this morning
and handled her roughly. Her mother
was attracted by the child's ;
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screams, uavis opened tne ooor aim
dashed out. He was pursued by a
number of the negro women but escaped.
The child's mother swore out
a warrant for his arrest before Magistrate
A. H. Kirby.
A Cotton-Belt Demosthenes.
Whereupon the senate being in ;
consideration of the bill to create a
tariff board, the day being Thursday,
March the second, and'the hour one
of the clock in the afternoon, the 1
Honorable Ellison DuRant Smith
arose and, proceeding to a convenient
station at the end of the center aisie
nearest the main entrance, turned to
the Republicans who had happened to
be in their accustomed places let ]
loose the long yell. ,
Presently, when Mr. Smith was in
the midst of an eloquently and ap- i
parently important paragraph concerning
raw materials, which he was ,
delivering with great declamatory ef- ]
feet and with suitable gestures and
elocutionary eloquence, the vener- ,
able Shelby M. Cullom arose, also, ,
and waited composedly until Mr.
Smith had enunciated the immortal
doctrine that the producer of raw maetrial,
under the law of trade, is ,
forced to sell at world prices if he ,
produces sufficient to meet the needs
not only of his people but of the
world at large. Judging this a good ,
point at "which to separate Mr. Smith
from his flow of thought, the aforesaid
venerable Shelby M. Cullom ask- ,
ed mildly that Mr. Smith rest his' .
larynix for a time and allow the sen- ,
ate to go into executive session.
Mr. Smith paused and tapped his i
brow. "I yield," he assented, "although
I am not near through. This
is the first opportunity I have had to
give my views on governmental affairs.
I have been a novitiate in this ,
body and have tried to follow the oldestablished
rule that you have to be .
here ?wo years before you speak at ,
length; and I was desirous of giving
this body a thorough sample of just ,
what I was capable of when 'I was in
the Spirit on the Lord's day'?and I
am to-day." ;
The, still venerable Shelby M. Cul- j
lorn smiled benignly a? Mr. Smith and j
asked for the question. It was put
and an executive session was declared.
At the conclusion of that execu- ,
tive session Mr. Smith resumed both ,
his station in the center aisle*and his
speech. From this very moment it
was evident that what Mr. Smith had ;
said before his interruption was as j
mere sounding brass and tinkling ]
cymbals to the real thunders of eloquence
he had in reserve. Having
stated, as he did, that he intended to
show the Senate what he was capable
of. It was after the Cullom break
in the stream that he first broke into
poetry; and it was some few minutes
after he broke into poetry that
he began to get really good?before
he really did start showing off, so to
speak.
Still, he had the goods. There is
no denying that. He had the real,
standard, genuine, time-tried orato- j
rical goods; and he laid them down 1
where all, and particularly those Re- .
publicans who were not at luncheon,
might see and hear. 'He was no friv- i
olous youngster, bobbing into a debate
with a line of unconventional, <
ideas of producing new and untried
figures of speech. Not so. Here was
an orator who knew the good old
stuff?the stuff that always brings
'em to their feet and sets 'em cheer- ;
ing and crying.
When the Welkin Played Alarm Clock
His first sample was from the timetried
and always effective "mother" ;
bin. Dashing back the hair from his
forehead, he raised both hands high
in the air and let go with a few lines ;
of bleeding and suffering hearts?and :
then to it, thus: "I want the Senate <
to remember one thing. Thank God! ;
the love that a mother and father j
have for their children is not measured
by the number of dollars they"
?the fathers and mothers, not the
children?"own. In spite of the cali- ;
co dress; in spite of the work-distorted
hands; in spite of the seamed i
cheeks, from which the bloom of
beauty has been smitten by the cruel i
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Dana OI poverty aim auversity, m
spite of the stooped form?thank
God! underneath that calico dress, ;
despite all those physical distortions,
the poverty-stricken mother loves the
bright darlings about her feet with as
glorious and divine a love as ever
burned in the heart of a queen."
The listening senators, there to be
shown by Mr. Smith just what he
could do, took this bale and marked
it "Ehibit A," waiting interestingly
for the next sample. The wait was
not long. In a few moments Mr.
Smith swept gallantly to his second
Has Pessed Century Mark.
Anderson, April 20.?Yesterday ]
was the 101st birthday of John Wedlock,
who lives on Harris street in
the Orr cotton mill village. He
looks to be somewhere in the six- j
ties, is hale and hearty and attends ^
to light work. Mr. Wedlock came to T
Anderson several years ago from j
Georgia. He has in his possession s
records to show that his claim to be
101 years old is correct. (
When you see a man armed with 1
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a COTKSCi eW me a.i c mai. aj.is
going to be present at an opening.
demonstration, which was a fancy exhibit
of "farm" rhetoric.- Deprecate
ing the cry of "Back to the farm!"
Mr. Smith inquired passionately: "In
a word, Mr. President, in any great
wealth-producing professions, vocations
or avocations, have you heard
any man clamor: 'Back to the law!'
'Back to medicine!' 'Back to the railroad
business!' 'Back to the great
manufacturing enterprises!'? No.
The cry has been: 'Back to the farm!'
We need a broader foundation of
bleeding hearts and poverty-stricken
bodies in order that our velvet-shod
feet may walk a little smoother/'
It was universally conceded by the
listening senate that that foundation
of bleeding hearts for velvet-shod
feet was pretty hot stuff; and it was
put down as "Ehibit B." Spurred by
this evident approval, Mr. Smith next
showed some prime "plain-people"
frills. He was at his best by this time,
making the welkin ring so rapidly it
sounded like an alarm clock. "Thank .
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God!" he said, "I am a representa
tive direct from the people?from
the field. I have no other profession,
vocation or avocation; ^nd yet, because
I am ont trained in the law to
split hairs and to differentiate to the
shadow of a shade the Supreme
Court's interpretations of the law,
some hear me indifferently." There ,
was a murmur of protest at this. All
were hearing him with great delight.
Continuing: "The people themselves
are no more compentent to understand
these abstrusities than I; and
you have no right to make a law that
the great rank and file, though they
be uneducated, cannot understand."
Proceeding passionately along
these lines, Mr. Smith came again to
what evidently he considered his
strongest exhibit of what he is capable
of, for he recurred to the original
line of spellbinding. Picturing the
dismal conditions that surrounded a
young man and his wife, who were
certainly in poor luck as farmers if
wpi-p nnlv in half as bad case as ,
Mr. Smith described, he said: "I
have seen the mother, with the loving
mother's heart, lairing and toiling;
willing to do any drudgery; willing
to put her body in the stony
road of poverty in order that the feet
of her darlings might have a smoother
road to travel than mother had
walked."
Mr. Simth also told something 1
about the tough situation of poor i
father, whom he had seen "with mute j
helplessness written on his careworn <
face; where was depicted the tragedy (
of unjust legislation." And he pledg- ]
ed himself anew to strive to remedy (
these conditions?which pledge con- \
eluded his part of the entertainment. ]
Owing to the press of other mat- (
ters, it then being within 48 hours of
adjournment, there was no consensus
of opinion concerning Mr. Smith's
exhibition of what he is capable of ]
along the lines of connected thought (
and real eloquence; .and the subject (
was left for future determination. (
Still, there was a large inquiry as to ,
the identity of Mr. Smith; and it was ]
speedily discovered he had every j
reason to feel that, after waiting pa- ,
tiently for two years with much j
burning language within him, he \
could hand the senate something that ]
would make it sit up and take notice.
Ellison DuRant Smith, as all shall ,
know, is the colleague of B. R. Till- ]
man in the United States Senate. He ]
lives in Florence, South Carolina, and ,
is the son of a minister. At college (
he won gold medals in debate?mark (
that!?science and literature in his j
sophomore, junior and senior years. 1
Wo aorvorf in the legislature from
1896 to 1900 and began what, in his
autobi6graphy, he calls the cotton
movement, in 1891. He finally be- j
came field agent and general organ- (
izer for the Southern Cotton Associ- (
ation, his territory covering the entire
South and his service lasting j
from January, 1905 to June, 1908, j
when he began his race for the senate.
He was chosen at the primaries {
in September, receiving, as he points
out, the largest majority ever given ]
to a candidate for this office in the ]
State. j
That, of course, is interesting, but
has not so much bearing on the case j
as a further statement, which reads: ,
"Became a national figure on account ,
of addresses at New Orleans, Birm- ^
ingham, Dallas and Shreveport."
Clear as day?now, isn't it??why (
Senator Smith desired to let the sen- ,
ate hear what he was capable of? A
thoroughly justifiable ambition, say
I. And he did so. And, mark you, (
a highly descriptive middle name?
that of the senator's: DuRant.
That's what he do.?Saturday Even- ]
ing Pott. i
YOUTHFUL PAIR IN JAIL.
E*retty Girl of Thirteen and Lad of
Seventeen are Held.
A pretty young girl, Miss Lillian
Eteed, who says she is only a few
nonths past 13 years old, and a
routh of 17, both from Augusta, are
ield in the Richland county jail. It
seems that the young man, whose
lame is R. H. Watson, has been in
Columbia for several days. He and
;he girl were registered at a boarding
louse as Mr. and Mrs. Watson. Ev?rything
went well for the couple un:il
the landlady was told of the true
state of affairs. She telephoned the
girl's mother. In the meantime
'riends of the pair "tipped them
)ff." They promptly moved to another
boarding house. Chief Cathlart
was wired to arrest them. This
svas done on Main street, between
jervais and Lady, the two young
persons going to headquarters with
letective Richardson without any
:rouble.
Wotenn on/Soaunrod trk crof Q nntflrv
?l UtOVU tliUV/UI V4V/U VV Mr Mw?vr- ^
public of the city to marry them and
he consented to do so. While he went
ifter Miss Reed the officer appeared
pn the scene and nabbed the couple
pn their way to the notary's office.
Watson Indicted.
C. C. Reed, the father of the young
jirl, came to Columbia and promptly
event to police headquarters, where
tie secured his daughters release. The
poung man was detained and turned
pver to Magistrate Fowles, being iniicted
under the charge of carrying
i minor from her parents.
Sobbing as though her heart would
break, Lillian Reed, said to be a mere
ihild in age, although she looks much
plder, stated frankly to Magistrate
Powles that she would not return
borne with her father and she would
not appear as a witness for the prosecution
should the case be brought
:o trial.
Would Leap From Window.
In the midst of the excitement she
lashed for the window and would
bave jumped to the ground below,
but was prevented from accomplishing
this purpose. She tried to break
iway a second time and throw herself
out of the window.
Miss Reed was required to give
bond to appear as a witness, and
lot being able to do so was sent to
[ail with Watson. In Augusta Watson
worked as a soda dispenser. The
girl said that Watson bought a tick
it and sent it to her to come to Columbia,
while it is stated that Watjon
said Miss Reed followed him
tiere.
Last night they both spent in the
Richland county jail, and there they
will stay until some satisfactory settlement
can be made. C. C. Reed, the
jirl's father, went ot Augusta last
night.?Columbia State, April 20.
To Operate Jim-Crow Road?
Dallas, Tex., April 20.?Booker T.
Washington, negro educator, and ne?ro
financiers of the North, are planaing
to buy the International &
Glreat Northern railroad, at the receivership
sale at Palestine,, Texas,
May 15, according to a report printed
to-day. It is said that Washingion
will attempt to operate road with
negro labor exclusively if ^he gets
control.
Death of Angus Patterson.
Barnwell, April 20.?Mr. Augus
Patterson died yesterday at the home
Df his nephew, Dr. A. B. Patterson,
Df Barnwell, after an illness of 10
lavs, at the advanced age of 76
fears. He was a son of Mr. Angus
Patterson, who for many years was
president of the State senate and
svho did much to perpetuate the
?ood name of the old Barnwell district
in the history of South Carolina.
The funeral services were conducted
to-day at the home of Dr.
Patterson, and the body tenderly
laid to rest in the old Baptist cemstery
beside the remains of loved
anes gone before. A large concourse
af sorrowing relatives and friends
paid their last respects to this aged
peteran of the lost cause.
How He Judged.
"I love you more than anybody in
the world," she whispered, as she sat
an hubby's knee, her lips close to his
aar, says Puck.
"Don't add hypocrisy to unfaithfulaess,"
he responded sternly, pushing
aer away.
"Why, what do you mean, dear?"
she asked, ready to cry.
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"You care more ior sumo umvi
nan than you do for me!" was the
bitter response. "I don't know his
name, but I think he fe a Chinaman."
"You must have fever, dear. Do
let me call a doctor." Her face was
svhite with ^anxiety, and the tears
were falling fast as she started for
the telephone.
"No. Sit down and explain?if you
lan. You wear a lock of my hair in
four locket?just one little lock?"
"Yes."
"And the entire queque of some
Chinaman on your head!"
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